A WINDFALL FOR ISHAN KISHAN

It will be quite a windfall of sorts for Ishan

Kishan, who made the cut for the Indian team in T20 World Cup on Wednesday evening, to have his idol Mahendra Singh Dhoni by his side in his first bow in the showpiece.

The 23-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman is currently the captain of Dhoni’s state

Jharkhand and the latter has seen him from close quarters ever since Ishan made his first class debut as a teenager in Ranji Trophy in 2014.

Uttam Mazumdar, the childhood coach of Ishan, speaking to Gulf News over phone from Patna, felt it would be a wonderful opportunity for his protégé to pick Dhoni’s brains in the biggest stage of the game. “Both Dhoni and Ishan are already in the UAE to prepare for their respective IPL teams and it should give the latter an advantage in his preparation for his first major senior ICC event. There are so many things to learn from MS like the finer points of keeping on the UAE wickets to keeping one’s cool during batting,” said Mazumdar.